Peter Jackson announced today that Billy Connolly has joined the cast of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again. He’ll play Dain Ironfoot, “a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield.” Peter Jackson said:

“We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest […]

Courtesy Hero Complex | LA Times comes a new photo of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Click to enlarge.Click over the jump to check out a gallery of some of the recently released photos from the film along with the teaser trailer.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is scheduled to hit conventional and 3D theaters on December 14, 2012.

Variety’s Jeff Sneider revealed via his Twitter feed that the new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises will be attached to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows when it releases into theaters on December 16, 2011. Sneider also reveals that the trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey may also be attached:

Here’s our first look at Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Click the image above to see it in full and high resolution courtesy TheOneRing.net who has the exclusive on this latest Hobbit photo reveal:

Here are our first looks, courtesy Time, at the Dwarves Balin (played by Ken Stott) and Dwalin (played by Graham McTavish) from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Click to enlarge and expand.

Character descriptions:

Dwarf Lords in their own right, Balin and Dwalin are close relatives of Thorin. Beyond this, […]

Warner Brothers, MGM and New Line have released another new photo from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This time we see the dwarves Fili (Dean O’Gorman) and Kili (Aidan Turner). Click to expand and enlarge.

Courtesy Yahoo! Movies, here’s another photo from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Yesterday we got our first look at the brother dwarves Dori, Nori and Ori, now we get our first look at the dwarves Oin (played by John Callen) and Gloin (Peter Hableton), who is the father of Gimli […]